Pulsed optical emission by radio pulsars |
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Authors: | I F Malov |
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Institution: | (1) Astro-Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 117924, Russia |
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Abstract: | The luminosity L of radio pulsars due to synchrotron radiation by the primary beam at the magnetosphere periphery is derived. There is a strong correlation between the observed optical luminosities of radio pulsars and the parameter $\dot P/P^4$ (where P is the pulsar period). This correlation predicts appreciable optical emission from several dozen pulsars, in particular, from all those with P<0.1 s. Agreement with optical observations can be achieved for Lorentz factors of the secondary plasma γp=2–13. Plasma with such energies can be produced only when the magnetic-field structure near the neutron-star surface deviates substantially from a dipolar field. The peak frequency of the synchrotron spectrum should shift toward higher values as the pulsar period P decreases; this is, in agreement with observational data for 27 radio pulsars for which emission has been detected outside the radio band. |
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